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13 (a) Give the number of specimens received during the year. (This number should include deposits, and all other specimens received, regardless of their final disposition.) (b) Give the total number of specimens in your custody, after making allowance for deductions through waste material, exchanges and distributions. (c) Give the number of the last entries in your catalogue on June 30, 1896, and June 30, 1897. a. The total number of specimens rec'd during the year as elsewhere stated is estimated at 10,400. b. The number of specimens in the custody of the department was estimated for 1895-6 as follows, Reserve or study collection 539,398 Duplicates 12,522 Unregistered mixed material 28,000 _________ Total 579,920 Deducting sent out in exchange 800 _________ 579,120 Received during 1896-7 10,400 _________ 589,520 Additional alcoholics -980- 42780 _________ Total (exclusive of fossils) 632 300 Tertiary fossils registered 67 145 _________ Total 699 445 Without doubt the largest collection of Molluscan material in any museum in the world.